Steaming along the coast of Islay just now. Low sun picking out the whitewashed distilleries strung out along the coast. Just gone past Caol Ila. The 40 yr old CalMac ferry chugging along just fine. (View Post)

The weird thing is that the high streets are full of clothes shops while, collectively, the public has never looked worse. When no-one had any money, ie the 50s - everyone looked so much smarter. I s… (View Post)

I honestly don't care that much, despite being lifelong Tory. The important thing is stymieing the rise of the hard populist right, who could burn down the house - the antithesis of conservatism. (View Post)

A mad gamble. Look at the USA for chrissakes. (View Post)

All true, but there was a 41 year gap. A generation needs to elapse before you should seriously revisit a massive constitutional change sanctioned by a referendum. Same goes for ScotIndy. (View Post)